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swan
United States; Washington DC; United States; San Francisco, CA, US
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Head of Partnerships
Remote
Swan is a US defense technology company building the autonomy capability layer for defense. Founded in 2024 by senior leaders from the self-driving industry (ex-Uber, Aurora) and backed by leading defense VCs (including a16z) and strategic investors (including RTX), Swan delivers scalable, modular, software-defined autonomy. Swan’s full-stack solutions enable aerial and maritime platforms to navigate, perceive, and precisely strike in GNSS- and comms-denied environments.
Swan’s products, Solo (multi-domain GNSS-denied navigation) and Dive (image-based precision targeting), integrate into platforms across a diverse OEM ecosystem, positioning Swan to become the standard autonomy platform for defense. Swan has won competitive DoW contracts and established partnerships with leading platform OEMs on highly visible DoW programs of record.
Role
Swan is seeking an experienced, motivated, and high-integrity leader to serve as the Head of Partnerships. This leader will build and own Swan's partnerships with platform OEMs, ranging from fast-moving startups/neoprimes to established prime contractors, across aerial defense (UAS, missiles/munitions, and contested logistics) and maritime defense USVs.
They will also be responsible for capitalizing on Swan’s product relevance to the commercial sector, by standing up new engagements in both commercial aviation and commercial shipping. This leader will own the entire partnership lifecycle, from first substantive contact, through the pilot phase, to maintaining fully integrated, revenue-generating partnerships, and will lead the negotiation of complex licensing, joint development, and data-sharing agreements.
Because Swan wins by becoming a common autonomy layer across many platforms, and not by building vehicles, the partner network is the engine of the company's growth, making this one of the most consequential roles at Swan. This role will report directly to the CEO.
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